Kenwood KT-1000 User Manual

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TUNER

PULSE COUNT DETECTOR

Product

policy

For over three decades, Kenwood
duced innovations
name Kenwood
excellence
will testify that for
whole

lot

more
The average, non-audiophile also wants to
quality

FM and AM

budget

is

usually rather restricted.

Kenwood

has

New

in

tuner design

has thus

in

tuner technology,

to

the answer. At the top of this year's line-up

become universally recognized for

them,

the tuner

tuners than

broadcast scene, even though

Pulse

Detector

Conventional FM detection circuits using an analog method
allow

a lot of
duced
preserve

Kenwood has developed
which uses a digital method
lowing
The wave shapes
and the basic wave shape of each are converted into digital
equivalents in the form
tude.

Since only

chances

to the

is a

original

the

original characteristics

simplified explanation

of

the individual FM signals are sampled

the

basic shape

for

FM

a new

of

noise

signals.

to

pulses

has

continually intro-

and

engineering.

and

many satisfied users

is

Kenwood. But there's a

the

technology, these days.

be

in on the high

For

such customers,

Count

IC

or

distortion

In

of the FM

Pulse Count Detector

detect the FM signals.

of

how

of

equal width and ampli-

of the

order

it

works.

signals

to be

to

faithfully

signals,

are

The

the

is

intro-

IC,

Fol-

con-

the KT-1000 incorporating the latest
packaged without the frills
under in terms
900,

but still offering the superb sound quality expected
Kenwood.
automatic computer-guided tuner that combines excellent
sound quality with unrivalled ease
rundown
points and facts

verted into digital equivalents,
ples caused by noise or distortion are simply ignored — the

result

is a
free from distortion
changes
back into
same as originally input. Any noise
have affected
been completely eliminated. This system
KT-1000 and KT-900.

of

features and price range comes the KT-

Finally, there's

of

these three great

to

digital equivalent

in

temperature,

an

analog

the

signal during the detection process

to

the

help you sell

of

or

noise and remarkably stable against

humidity

signal,

the

in

tuner

technology,

attract a wider market.

totally new-style KT-800,

of

operation. Here's

new

tuners,

and the

them.

any

minor deviations

the pure original

and

age.

When converted

signal

at output

or

distortion that might

is

FM

is

exactly the

utilized

or
signal,

in the

but

A bit

of

an

a

sales

rip-

has

Direct

When there
sources competing for air
too easily picked
introducing a great
such interference, Kenwood
Conversion technique. This by-passes
stage,

are

sending signals instead directly

RF

many powerful

space,

up by the FM

deal

of

noise

has

Conversion

FM

extraneous signals are all

antenna

and

distortion.

developed a Direct

stations

and

the RF

to the

and

other

amplified,

To

eliminate

RF

amplifier

mixer stage,

where

the

intermodulation products produced
interference
than amplified. Either Direct RF Conversion
version can be selected by a
the method most suitable to the particular reception condi-
tions.

of

extraneous signals

This system

are

switch,

allowing the choice of

is

utilized in the KT-1000.

attenuated rather

or

by the

normal

con-